Weed-cutting attachment.



PATENTED JAN. 22,1907. 0. H. LINE.

WEED-CUTTING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1906;

avwwwboz Charles Hlipe,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

wszo-currme ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22,1907.

Application filed August 16, 1906. Serial Ila. 330,209.

' mounted upon a railway hand-carer any other railway-car for thepurpose of cutting weeds along a railway-track or otherwise operatingupon the sides of the road-bed of the track.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical deviceof this character which may be readily attached to a hand-car or otherrailway-car and adjusted so that its cutters may be disposed at anydistances from the track or rails to cut the Weeds, or build up orreduce the gravel, dirt, or other ballast of the road-bed.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly insection, of the improved weed-cutting attachment, showing it mountedupon the side of a hand-car or the like. Fig. 2 is a detail verticalsection taken on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1 andshowing one of the couplings by means of which the device is applied tothe car. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the par s shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a side elevation of one of the cutting devices. Fig.5 is a'front endelevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the outermostcutting-disk and the ofiset outer end of the rod upon which it ismounted. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation, partly in section, of thecoupling by means of. which one of the rods is connected to the'car; andFig. 8 is a detail view showing the detachable connection for one of therods of the device.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes a portion of one side of a hand-caror other railway-car, to which is attached the improved weed-cuttingattachment. The latter consists, in part, of two tubular arms which havetheir inner ends pivotally connected to the and horizontally. The reararm consists of tion 3, which telescopes into the section 2"and has atits outer end an offset portion 7, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. section 3is adjustably secured in the section 2 by a set-screw 8, provided in acollar or sleeve upon the outer end of said section 2. The inner end ofthe latter isapertured to receive a vertical pivot 9, which also extendsthrough a U-shape plate or clip 10, which is in turn mounted upon ahorizontal pivot 11, provided in lugs upon a brack/et-plate 12. Thisplate 'is adjustably mounted'upon the side of the car 1 by bolts or thelike passed through vertical slots 13 formed in it, as seen in Fig. 2.The front arm of the device also comprises a tubular inner section 4,within which telesco es an outer section 15, adapted to be adjustalysecured by a set-screw 16in the collar or sleeve upon the section 4.The outer end of the section 15 is formed with an enter an eye 18,formed in the elevated rearwardly-extending portion 7 of the rod. 3. Thehook 17 and eye 18 provide a loose ivotal connection between the outerends 0 the sections 3 and 15 and permit them to be readil'ydisconnected. The inner end of the section 4 is formed with an eye 19,which is engaged by an eye 20 upon the upper end of a pivot-bolt 21.gaged vs- 'ithalining apertures in'the ends of'a substantially 'U shapedbracket plate 22. This plate or bracket is disposed vertically andsecured by screws, bolts, or the like upon the side of the car 1, asshown in Fig. 1.

of any description may be mounted u on I preferably adjustably secureupon the outer sectlon 3- of the rear section 2 one or more rotheir hubsrotatively mounted upon the said section is prevented by stop-collars24, which are adjustably secured by means of setscrews 25.

The size, number, and arrangement of the disks may be varied accordingto the .work which'the device is to perform; but when a number of thedisks are employed they are preferably graduated in size, a-s shown inFig. 1'. In addition to the rotary disks I may em- The latter isdetachably en-' \Veed-cutting and earth-working devices car 1, so thatthey may swingboth vertically an inner tubular section 2 and an outersec-- The inner end of the offset portion or hook 17, which is adaptedto either or both of the sections 3 and 15; ut

tary disks or cutters 23. These disks have roo section 3, and theirendwise movement on ploy the stationary cutter-blade27 (Shown 1n Figs.1, 4, and 5'of-the drawings.) This blade is curved transversely with arounded front edge and is secured by stra s28 in a kerf in. the lowerend of a standard 29. The latter is adjustably secured by set-screws 30in a tubular socket 31 provided upon a sleeve 32, which is adjustablymounted upon the section 3 of the rod 2 by'a set-screw 33.

In operation the innerends of the sections 2 and 4; are mounted upon theside of the car 1, as shown in Fig. 1. The cutting blades or devices arethen secured in their proper position upon the section 3 according tothe Work which it is desired the device to perform, and the sections 315 of the rods are secured in the tubular sections 2 and 4, so that saidsections 3 and 15 will be disposed at-the desired angle with respect toeach other and the car 1. By varying the angle of the section 2 with'res ectito the side of thecar it will be seen that t e cutters may bedisposed at any desired an ie.

fiy reason of the various adjustments the 'gravel, dirt, or otherballastof the-track. 750.-

When not in use, it may be swung to a vertical position, or, if desired,detached from the side of the car: 'It will also be noted that byroperly-adjusting its parts it maybe used or cutting away the gravel orearth at the sides oi the track, throwing the same outwhen. 1

Various changes in the form, proportion;

and the minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the prin; 4's

ci'ple or sacrificingany of the advantages of this-invention as definedby the appended claims;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by-Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a car, of an extensible frame projecting fromone side of said car, anda plurality of rotary cuttingdisks adjustablymounted upon said frame.

2. The combination with a car, of arms connected together at their outerends and to said car at their inner ends to swing vertically, andcutters adjustably mounted upon one of said arms.

3. The combination with a car, of extensible arms loosely connected attheir outer ends, couplings connecting the inner ends of said arms tosaid car, and a cutter upon one of said arms.v

4. The combination with a car, of arms each consisting of telescopingsections, the outer sections being loosely connected, universalcouplings connecting the inner sections to said car, and scatter carriedby the outer section of one of said arms.

5. An attachment of the character described comprising extensible armsloosely connected at their outer ends, couplings at their inner ends anda cutter upon one of the arm-sections.

6. An attachment of the character described comprising extensible armseach consisting of telescoping sections, the outer sections beingloosely connected, couplingscarried .by the inner sections of the armsand a cutter adjustably mounted upon the outer section of one of thearms.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. LINE. Witnesses:

* Tnos. CBUIOKSHANK,

GHARLEs J. GU'NDERSON.

